(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Famous Nigerian dancer and Guinness world record holder, Kafayat ‘Kaffy’ Shafau, has stated that there is a need for couples to have a mental evaluation before marriage. Kaffy made this known during an interview with Chude Jideonwo as she stated that mental health evaluation, couples therapy and drug tests should be necessary […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian comedian and actor, Okey Bakassi, has tasked the federal government to abolish the state of origin in the country as it is responsible for the many crises bedevilling the country presently. Bakassi made this revelation over the weekend in Lagos as he stressed that the issue of the state of origin […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 22.79% in June from the 22.41% recorded in May 2023. This is according to the latest CPI report released by the National Bureau of Statistic (NBS) on Monday. The CPI measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services. “In June 2023, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abubakar Kyari, has emerged as the party’s National Chairman. Kyari succeeded Senator Abdullahi Adamu as the party’s chairman after a National Working Committee (NWC) meeting in Abuja on Monday. Briefing reporters after the NWC meeting, Kyari formally announced the resignation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved $40 million to accelerate climate infrastructure investment across Africa. This is aimed at supporting the Acre Impact Capital’s Export Finance Fund, which invests in climate-aligned essential infrastructure by partnering with leading commercial lenders and export credit agencies. It will address the estimated $100 billion annual […]
(African Examiner) – As the love and appreciation for Fuji music continue to soar among Nigerians at home and diaspora, Penthouse Production, a PR company in America has announced that popular Nigerian Fuji singer and actor, Akorede Babatunde Okunola, aka Saheed Osupa, will be performing in Baltimore, Maryland USA. The venue is at Fortune 10 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Carlos Alcaraz defeated seven-time champion Novak Djokovic to claim his first Wimbledon title on Sunday, shattering the Serb’s dream of a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam crown. World number one Alcaraz recovered from dropping the first set and saving a set point in the second to win 1-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group of traditional rulers under the plartform of the Association Of Traditional Leaders For Security, Peace And National Integration, has reacted to the move by the House of Representatives to create constitutional roles for monarchs in the country. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, had at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and its Enugu State governorship candidate in the 2023 election, Mr. Frank Nweke (Jr) Sunday, withdrew the petition he filed against the State governor, Peter Mbah challenging the outcome of the March 18 governorship election in the state. The petitioners’ counsel, Prof. Race Achara while addressing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Madam Oyenike Abioye Biobaku, the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hat Arena, a fast-rising outfit, currently operating from the United Kingdom (UK), with offices and representatives in South Africa and Nigeria, speaks extensively in this exclusive interview with African Examiner, on her company’s exploits in the fashion industry. She also […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Sunday in Nairobi, Kenya reaffirmed Africa’s unity and strength, while strongly rejecting the notion of a new scramble for Africa. The President warned that past plundering and exploitation of the continent should remain in the past and never be repeated. Speaking at the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (5thMYCM) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measures put in place to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government, the Imo State Government has increased the minimum wage of workers in the state to N40,000. Addressing a strategic stakeholders meeting in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Saturday, Governor Hope […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the February 25, 2023 election, Peter Obi, says he did not grant a media interview suggesting that he will run for the office of the President in 2027. In a Twitter post on Saturday, the former Anambra State governor lamented “an emerging pattern where fake […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apex Igbo Socio Organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, has constituted the members of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the 2023 Igbo Day Celebration to be hosted by the government of Enugu State. It said the event will hold on Friday, September 29, 2023, adding that “choice of Enugu is obvious because, apart […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In his quest to make quick money, a 27 year old student of Ezeala College of Nursing Science, Okwudo in Njaba Council Area of Imo State, South East Nigeria, Oluchukwu Chukwuma has been arrested by the police for allegedly kidnapping his course-mate and collecting a ransom of N3.2million from the family. The […]
— Urges UN To Stand Firm Against Military Coups (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu on Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya, called on African leaders to respect democracy, rule of law, and ensure political stability. In his statement at a high-level event organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the margins of Fifth Mid-Year […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has stated that “statistical data” has shown that the south-east geopolitical zone lost N4 trillion in two years due to the sit-at-home order. Kalu made this known on Friday during an event organised by the Ndigboamaka Progressive Markets Association in Lagos. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The women’s 4×100 metres relay gold medal won by the Nigerian team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham has been withdrawn by the games federation because of doping violation. Nigeria’s quartet of Tobi Amusan, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma and Grace Nwokocha won the gold in the 4×100 meters race at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has departed Abuja for Nairobi Kenya where he will participate in the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union, the Regional Economic Communities, the Regional Mechanisms and the African Union Member States. President Tinubu is accompanied by some senior government officials. According to the Presidency, the Nigerian leader […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, has cautioned Simon Ekpa, factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to stop plans to stage the sit-at-home protest in Lagos State. The African Examiner writes that Ekpa had stated that the sit-at-home protest presently being enforced in the South East […]
